A popular and highly productive receiver in four seasons with the Broncos, Decker has agreed to terms on a five-year contract with the New York Jets. The deal averages about $7.3 million million per season.

“I’m very thankful for my four years in Denver,” Decker said late Wednesday night from New Jersey, where he finished dining with Jets coach Rex Ryan among others. “I think it’s one of the greatest cities to play in. Unfortunately, I never got an offer from the Broncos. Denver will always be a part of me but I’m excited about New York being my new community and starting a new chapter in my life. On top of all that, my wife’s expecting our baby any second.”

The Jacksonville Jaguars and Cleveland Browns also had serious interest in Decker.

Decker averaged 86 catches and 12 touchdowns the past two seasons with Peyton Manning as his quarterback.

I can totally see this happening: Eric Decker, Super Bowl receiver, and his wife Jessie James both on “Dancing With The Stars.”

Not just because this would be the ultimate “them” thing to do, but also because of this tidbit I procured from Decker’s high school teacher, Mark Johnson.

“Something a lot of people don’t know is that I started a ballroom dance class at the high school, and Eric was in my very first ballroom dance class,” said Johnson, who taught at Rocori High School in Cold Spring, Minn. “So you get some of the athletes in there, and man, I tell you, everybody came out (to join the class). The class is still going on today. He was good – he was physical, he would flip the girls. We did a little swinging, we did the waltz, a little tango, a little rumba. So he’s a well-rounded individual, you can put it that way.”

Nicki Jhabvala is a Broncos beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor. She also spent two years as a home page editor at the New York Times.